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Pacemaker centre opens in Kragujevac Clinical Centre

Kragujevac, 12 June 2007

Serbian Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic opened today at the Kragujevac Clinical Centre a pacemaker centre and put into operation a nuclear magnetic resonance and a multi-slice scanner, for which the Ministry provided some €2.3 million.

Milosavljevic said on the occasion that this is the seventh pacemaker centre in Serbia, and added that in a year’s time eight such centers will be opened, and that there is no longer a waiting list for patients who require a pacemaker.

He recalled that a sum of RSD 124 million was invested in maintenance of the Kragujevac Clinical Centre during the previous three years, and RSD 116 million for purchasing equipment, and expressed the conviction that the Clinic will be far better equipped within a period of four years.

The Minister said that the entire term of office of the Serbian government and the Ministry of Health will be marked by the project of reconstruction and complete modernisation of clinical centers in Nis, Kragujevac, Novi Sad and Belgrade, and he pledged that by the end of the government’s term the clinical centers in Serbia will become a well rounded and efficient system on a European level.

A 21st century health system is possible and by the end of the new Serbian government’s term the Ministry of Health will work on the top priority, which is to ensure that people do not get lost in the health system rather all health services should be directed to them, said Milosavljevic.

He said that next year the Ministry will begin activities aiming to better inform Serbian citizens on their rights in the area of health protection and realisation of these rights.

Director of the Kragujevac Clinical Centre Radomir Pavlovic pointed to the fact that on an annual basis more than a hundred patients from this part of Serbia were directed to Belgrade for implantation of pacemakers, adding that the Clinic covers Serbian territory with a population of 2 million.

Pavlovic said that since the beginning of the year 20 pacemakers were implanted in the pacemaker centre, which was officially opened today.

He expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Health for their help in equipping the Clinic and added that the Clinic invested €1.6 million last year from its own funds.